1. Medieval
Gothic C
Emotion
Passion
Faith

2. Sculpture-
Terms:
Jamb
Pieta
Realism
Classicism
Quatrefoil
Typanum

3. Chartres 1145- 1st example of Gothic sculpture
Symmetry
Clarity
Statues rather than reliefs
Realism
Emphasis on joining of
spiritual and secular
Jamb statues, west portal
Chartres Cathedral

4. Done after fire
New style-High Gothic
Heads are not aligned
with body
Realism!!
New classicism-Pathos
Jamb statues, south trancept,
Chartres Cathedral,

5. Death of the Virgin, tympanum
Strasburg Cathedral c.1220
Classical in nature- robes, very tight composition
Gothic- Pathos, emotion, tenderness

6. Annunciation and Visitation, west portal Reims Cathedral c. 1225-45
Height of Gothic Classicism
Enacting a narrative scene-warmth and affection
S-curve of figures-contrapposto

7. Melchizedek and Abraham, west wall
Reims Cathedral, 1251
“Elegant Style”-deep recessed, light v. shadow
More pictorial than sculptural

8. 50 years later! The Virgin of Paris Notre Dame early 14th Century
Classicism is gone
No Contrapposto
No elegance, more abstract

9. Signs of the Zodiac, Labors of the Month
West Façade, Amiens Cathedral
“Realism of the Particulars”- specific details, observations of everyday life- intimate realism

10. What earlier sculpture does this remind you of?
Tomb of a Knight, Dorchester Abbey
Oxfordshire, England c. 1260
Gothic style spread to England- mostly seen in tomb sculpture- death is violent action rather than peace

11. Crucifixion, Naumburg Cathedral c. 1240-50
The Naumburg Master
German technique from French
Sacred subject comes down to earth-weight and volume
PATHOS

12. Pieta- “Pity” and “Piety” Completely made up
Appealed to private worship
Reflects the emotional nature of medieval art
Heads enlarged to show emotion
Pieta, Early 14th c.

13. The International Style
Claus Sluter-
Lavish drapery
Forms reach out into space
Precise realism
Portrait-like individualism-first portraits since antiquity
Claus Sluter, The Moses Well

14. ITALY Nicola Pisano, Pulpit, Pisa Cathedral, 1259-60
Greatest of medieval classicists
Space is squeezed together-shallow
Still Gothic details

15. Lorenzo Ghiberti, The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1401-2
Continuation of the International style-
Won competition for Baptistry door
Very detailed surface
Calm rather than dramatic
Admiration of ancient sculpture
Spatial quality is new